From: Scott Becker <sbecker@beckershealthcare.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review] 4 Tips for the Transition From Fee-for-Service to ACOs | Vanguard Health Systems' Revenues Up 14.3% | Las Vegas' University Med Won't Convert to Non-Profit, At Risk for Closure |
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Feb. 9, 2011


 

1. 4 Tips for the Transition of Fee-for-Service to ACOs. Click Here 

 

2.  Vanguard Health Systems' Revenues Up 14.3% on Net Loss of $4.2M. Click Here

 

3. Commissioners Won't Convert Las Vegas' University Medical Center Into Non-Profit; Hospital at Risk for Closure.Click Here 

 

4. Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting - ACOs, Physician-Hospital Integration, Improving Profits and Key Specialties (May 19-20, Chicago). Registration limited to 200 atendees, register today! To register and learn more, Click Here or call (800) 417-2035. Additional information available below.  

 

5. 8 Points on How Antitrust Laws Might Affect ACOs.  Click Here   

 

6. Wisconsin's Agnesian HealthCare, Ripon Medical Center Sign Letter of Intent for Strategic Affiliation.  Click Here

 

7. HCA's Portsmouth Regional Willing to Settle Ownership Suit Out of Court. Click Here

 

8. New York's Saratoga Hospital and Albany Medical Center Submit Joint CON for Urgent Care Center. Click Here

 

9. Hospital Employment Up Slightly in January. Click Here   

 

10. 5 Steps Toward Successfully Implementing Computerized Physician Order Entry. Click Here  

 

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Highlights include:

1. 53 sessions, 79 speakers

2. Keynote speakers Chip Kahn, President, Federation of American Hospitals; P.R. Kongstevdt, Senior Health Policy Faculty Member, George Mason University; and Rick Pollack, EVP, Advocacy and Public Policy, AHA 

3. 30 Senior Hospital & Health System Leaders as Speakers

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A. Key Strategic and Tactical Steps to Excel as a Community Hospital - Valinda Rutledge, President and CEO, CaroMont Health

B. The 5 Best Ideas for ACOs - Joseph Scopelliti, MD, Co-CEO, Medical Affairs, Guthrie Health System, President & CEO, Guthrie Clinic

C. 10 Key Financial Questions for Healthcare Executives - Gary Weiss, CFO and Treasurer, NorthShore University HealthSystem.

 

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